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While our beers are many and diverse, yet unified by overarching boldness, India pale ales are our undeniable bread and butter. The result is an intensely citrusy, beautifully bitter beer is worthy of the simple-yet-lordly title of Stone Delicious IPA. Lemondrop and El Dorado hops combine to bring on a magnificent lemon candy-like flavor that’s balanced by hop spice. It’s unlike anything we’ve tasted in nearly two decades of IPA experimentation, and another lupulin-laced creation we’re excited to introduce to hopheads everywhere.

It's not imperial. It's not complex. It's not laced with elements of rarity or limitations. But what it is, is a straight-forward American IPA that doesn't back down from its bitter pedestal or cave to smoother, softer hop impressions. It is a bitter IPA and it is delicious!

The light golden, crystal clear, and highly effervescent beer builds a foamy lather of froth to aspire the aromas of grapefruit, orange, lemon and fragrant stemmy botanicals. Its first sip is tepidly of caramel and grain but hardly makes a mark on the hop onslaught to come.

Fully drying in the end, the medium-light ale closes with bone dryness and no apologies. Aggressive in its sharp and resinous finish, an afterglow of gin, spruce, lime and pepper begin to grace the quick aftertaste. with only echoes of citrus washing over the late palate.

This beer pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a dense, 2 finger white head. Retention is excellent. A one finger cap sticks around for the entire beer. There are many sticky sheets of hanging lacing. Smell is sweet lemon candy, orange, grapefruit, floral, pine and sweet bready malts. Taste is the same, juicy on the front with a bitter finish. Feel is light and slightly sticky. Overall a very good beer. I thoroughly enjoy the nice mix of citrus and pine, although the candied lemon is a bit sweet.

Stone IPA is one of the best IPA's out there and a "Delicious" IPA how could I not get this!

A - Dark gold, almost orange color. Pretty clear with a big white head and nice lacing.

S - Huge hop fragrance with citrus fruit, lemons (duh), and some pine/herbal/dank. Really just tons of fresh hops but there is a light grainy, malt character underneath the candy hops.

T - Great flavor with the strong citrus/lemon hop character predominant with some of the normal herbal, resin, dank, and pine notes in the middle. The hop bitterness is also pretty strong and adds a nice crispness at the back-end to let you know that you are drinking an IPA and not liquid candy. There is much less malt character in this one compared to the regular IPA which makes it taste more like a session IPA instead of a normal IPA but with enough hop flavor for a double IPA!

M - Light mouth-feel with moderate carbonation. This one is just perfect for a hot day for me with tons of flavor and a lighter, drier finish but still enough ABV to keep me happy.

Overall, a DELICIOUS IPA. I was slightly worried when it read "Brewed to reduce gluten" but with the amount of hops that were squeezed into this beer and still with a 7.7% ABV tag there is nothing to worry about. It is less balanced than many IPAs in terms of the bitter vs sweet/ hop vs malt but I like bitter hops and this one has so much dry hop flavor that makes up for the lighter body. I would strongly recommend this one and I am surprised at the modest reviews.

Interesting beer I think the ABV might be higher than needed here for this beer though. I am dying for a 6.5% in between beer of Go To IPA and Enjoy By. I think that beer in 6 packs would crush. I like this beer and will revisit. This is an impressively crafted IPA but should have been a bomber format beer to test the waters. I'm ready for Go Enjoy IPA.

Actually picked this up since the price was $6.99 for a six pack. Pleasantly surprised with this brew, Pours a cloudy gold color, doesn't look unfiltered to me. Hoppy with a solid malt backbone and a medium mouthfeel. Goes down pretty easily and the alcohol is pretty well hidden. I like it, I'd buy it again.

I like this beer... Very well balanced and knows what it is going for. Tight, crisp flavors and feels that compliment and challenge each other. A very nice resident beer in my fridge that most of my beery friends like. Give this one a try!

Appearance - Pours slightly hazy and golden orange in color with a rocky, white 2-finger head. Good retention, eventually leading to a thin, broken layer of surface suds and a fair ring around the edge.

Moderate finger’s worth of off-white foam, speckled with larger bubbles, retention is average at best, the lacing forms strong and long streaks but only a few stick for any length of time. Bright coppery orange colored liquid, decent clarity with tiny active bubbles spread throughout. Grainy, peppery nose with a strong leafy bitter hoppiness which tends to push all else to the side, not really getting a significant lemon element, some pineapple to papaya fruit, however, on the whole the fruit as well a bit player. Medium-bodied and extremely muscular, if not stern. Super-dry with a tacky residue left on the tongue. More honey here and the lemondrop gains clarity. Burnt sourdough crusts, saline and dank leafy matter elevate on the back end. Sour white grapefruit slowly overcomes the lemon aspect. As in the nose, difficult to find a consistent fruit presence, what’s there mainly pineapple, nectarine, peach. Squarely placed within the Stone idiom.

A: Clear orange pour. Tall, frothy offwhite head. Great head retention but just a little bit of lacing.

S: Citrusy. Lemony, to be specific. Pretty one note, and oddly subtle.

T: More of the same, just not subtle anymore. Very lemony initially, followed by tons of bitter, bitter lemon peel. Maybe hints of orange in there but I think it's lemons mostly. No real sign of malt, crackery maybe? Reminds me of sorghum from The Alchemist's gluten-free saison they made. Very bitter and dry finish with just a touch of some dankness.

M: Medium bodied, bitter and dry.

O: Nice lemony IPA. I see that this is gluten free/low gluten, probably the best of the genre. Actually, by a mile I'm thinking. Not something I'd pick up all the time but pretty decent and a good alternative to celiac sufferers for sure.

Very nice citrus IPA. Citrus aroma is light but the grapefruit aroma stands out. Good balance beer, overall good beer but the bitterness is slightly high which for my preference slightly strong but overall it is a good beer. No problem purchasing it again.

12 oz bottle poured into tulip glass. Great price point at $9 and change at Safeway for 6 pack. I love that the crafted on and enjoy by dates, 3/26/18 and 7/9/18, are clearly printed on the bottom of the neck.

L: A beautiful filtered tangerine colored beer, fine bubbles streaming up to the top
S: Citrusy, lemon, hoppy goodness
T: Classic west coast style IPA with big citrus, lemon hop profile, with bitter finish. It’s delicious.
F: There is nothing abrasive about this beer, a very palatable and refreshing brew
O: Unique, and well crafted IPA. Stone does it again

Instead of the refreshing can of happiness I normally buy at Ralphs (Lagunitas's 12th of Never), I decided to try Stone's Delcious IPA because of-- what else?-- the box. It said that it was citrusy. With lemondrop. Hmm! Sounds like my good old 12oN! Unfortunately, it was not.

Poured into a tall Peroni glass. Smells maybe a bit of honey. (Virtually non-existent compared to 12oN). Dark honey color. Foamy head settles down to virtually nothing. Carbonation vanishes quickly. Tastes of malty apple with a noticeable alcohol taste. Quite bitter. I won't be going back to this one anytime soon.

PRO-TIP! Make it into a shandy with iced green tea lemonade. You'll be glad you did!

Pretty interesting beer here. You really get a punch from the lemony Hops upfront with the usual bite I would expect from stone. But the finish. Hmmm is nice and crisp but the only thing I can think of is black licorice. Ugh I hate black licorice. It's the last flavor I get on my tounge. Pretty smooth for 7.5stone brew. Tasted better from the bottle than the glass since it didn't let the black fruity licorice taste come thru and open up like in the glass.
Would not buy or drink again. ..... Unless I had to drink it

Drank from the 12 oz bottle. Head started off with carbonation but quickly became creamy. A lemon zest aroma, not too heavy but just enough to get the mouth watering. Hops comes in midway and lingers afterwards. Lemon zest lingers toward the end and then shines through, ever so stealthily. Can't tell this is an almost 8% IPA, it is refreshing and tastes amazing! The El Dorado hops are beautifully brewed alongside lemondrop to give you what you want from an IPA, but with enough character and uniqueness that you are or should be craving from an epic IPA experience! 5/5